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Patrick NessBorn in America but lives in LondonBegan writing fiction in the late 90'sChaos Walking first book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, jumpstarted his careerOther works include short story "Topics About Which I Know Nothing" and stand-alone novel A Monster CallsChaos Walking

The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Ask and the Answer

Monsters of MenConcepts to Understand- NOISETHE SPACKLE WARCHAOS WALKING:a trilogy by Patrick NessAlice BershteinPeriod 9Characters:TODDVIOLABOOK REVIEWSLIT CRIT"He (Mayor Prentiss) is singularly memorable, since--as Ness describes him--he epitomizes "the banality of evil, the 'polite' evil that will convince you it's not evil, even as it's doing evil things to you." "One can, of course, only hope that one makes the right choice, yet sometimes one doesn't: Todd and Viola both make wrong choices that have serious consequences. But both learn from them and continue to hope.""The plot itself is full with adventure and suspense, surprising revelations. The Knife of Never Letting Go is a twisted coming of age story and a dystopian rolled into one."Writing StyleVOICE

NESS ON VIOLA"...rather than letting the language seem sophisticated, Ness has successfully harnessed Todd's voice with words such as 'ain't' and 'conversayshun'. Although this style may have become annoying in any other book, with Ness's work it is part of how we connect with the protagonist, and how his character shines through."TOOLS "Patrick Ness also does this thing- Where he uses- Hyphens- In order to convey- The distress- Or the panic Of the situation- Which creates tension- And draws us right into the experience of it all.'FONTS/ TEXT SIZEFONTdifferent fonts used to signify talking versus Noisealso font changes with narrator; the font used often helps get used to the change in voice (2nd and 3rd books only)TEXT SIZEreflects impact of a soundfrequently used in regards to emphasis or strength of a Noise attackHYPHENS